What's your payload?2019 Ram Laramie. 5.7 Hemi with 3.21 axle ratio. GVWR 7,100. GCWR 13,900. Family of 4 weighing around 650. I'm so confused on how to do the math. Can someone tell me what size travel trailer I can safely tow?
Thanks
Payload is 1840.What's your payload?
Best you're going to do is about 8k or so GVWR on the trailer, but you'll run out of payload before hitting that.
I think you may want to go look at your door jamb and see what it says your payload is.Payload is 1840.
I think you may want to go look at your door jamb and see what it says your payload is.
This thread here explains all the math.
So you want to tow a camper!
The first thing you need to do is decide which camp you fall in. The best camp to be in is to own neither the truck or the camper. This allows you to research and keep feelings out of your decision. This allows you to easily sit back and learn the process. The next camp is owning the truck or...5thgenrams.com
Any specific questions after you read that...let me know.
Report back with your door jamb payload and i will calculate the math for ya.
Thank you so much. It was all a little confusing for me but now I understand a little better. Now I can start looking for a camper. Thanks again.So 1473 lbs of payload.
7100 minus 1473 is a base weight of 5627. This is nothing in or on the truck...full tank of fuel.
13900 minus 5627 is max towing of 8273. This is the maximum weight of trailer snd payload. This is not the maximum trailer. You have to keep tongue weight and payload under 7100 on the truck...so this is where it gets tricky and moves into opinions.
You need at least a driver and hitch. You said a family of 650lbs.
1473 minus 650 and 90 for hitch...so 733 lbs left for tongue weight. That is pretty good.
A travel trailer will have between 12 snd 15% tongue weight.
So...let us go with 13%. So you need a trailer less than 6300lbs.
Any questions let me know.
Opinions vary from you can tow whatever you want...to you should only tow 2500lbs.
These are the facts using the numbers.
Based on experience and ability...you can cheat a few more out of it.
I suggest using the numbers.
If you do 13% of 6k lbs, you're looking at 780 lbs of tongue weight, and you're over payload. Even towing that trailer as delivered, you're probably close by the time you're loaded up.Looking at Grand Design Imagine 23BHE. Do you all think this will be too much? I'm thinking if I keep the tanks empty we should be ok right?
Looking at Grand Design Imagine 23BHE. Do you all think this will be too much? I'm thinking if I keep the tanks empty we should be ok right?
5300 lbs dry / 7000 GVWR is a good size and should work fine with a properly dialed in WDH
Those are the exact dry/loaded weights of my last TT, it towed very comfortably.
What WDH did you have or could recommend? Looking myself at getting a TT a little smaller than what you have/had. One is a Keystone Passport about 4,825 lbs dry and the other is a Keystone Hideout at about 4,085 lbs dry. The specs say the hitch lbs are 615 and 525lbs respectively. The passport is dual axle the hideout is single. Never pulled a camper before so trying to research a good WDH so I don’t have to worry about any white knuckle drives. Any suggestions? My eyes are getting crossed.
Dual axles will be more stable, plus spreading the load out onto that axle and twice the number of suspension mounting points on the frame.What WDH did you have or could recommend? Looking myself at getting a TT a little smaller than what you have/had. One is a Keystone Passport about 4,825 lbs dry and the other is a Keystone Hideout at about 4,085 lbs dry. The specs say the hitch lbs are 615 and 525lbs respectively. The passport is dual axle the hideout is single. Never pulled a camper before so trying to research a good WDH so I don’t have to worry about any white knuckle drives. Any suggestions? My eyes are getting crossed.
Very happy with our Fastway e2 1000/10000 wdhWhat WDH did you have or could recommend? Looking myself at getting a TT a little smaller than what you have/had. One is a Keystone Passport about 4,825 lbs dry and the other is a Keystone Hideout at about 4,085 lbs dry. The specs say the hitch lbs are 615 and 525lbs respectively. The passport is dual axle the hideout is single. Never pulled a camper before so trying to research a good WDH so I don’t have to worry about any white knuckle drives. Any suggestions? My eyes are getting crossed.